jameswade
join:2001-12-09
Hot Springs, NC
 ·Verizon BroadbandA..
 ·AT&T Southeast
·Speed Factory
·Speed Factory
 ·DIRECTV
| $15 more per month for tethering?!!
A year ago when I got this miserable Treo 700w I specifically asked if it would support tethering and was told that it would. I purchased the phone and the "Unlimited" data plan.
It wouldn't.
I'd put a lot of effort into moving into it so I didn't take it back and bought some third party software that, although sort of precarious, could make tethering work.
Last night I installed the 1.22 firmware and tried out ModemLink and the Verizon Access Manager. I got it to connect, but it was having authentication errors and I coudn't use the Internet.
I called Verizon and was told that I didn't have that service enabled on my account!? I was already paying a great deal of money for "Unlimited" Internet access and these guys wanted $15/month more!
I'll have to see if I can go back to the third party software, turns out it's a loophole that they can't seem to fix...
What a scam!
I escalated this, expressed my extreme displeasure, then escalated it again. The second escalation hasn't called me back again, but I expect that he will. At least the first escalation seemed to be taking notes to pass them along to the people making these decisions.
Just a cautionary tale.. |
